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PlayStation Tweet Suggests Thief 4 Headed to PS3

Since removed message suggests Garret's blend of stealth action will head Sony's way for the first time.

Something strange happened on the official PlayStation Twitter account late last night. An ambiguous tweet suggested Eidos' highly anticipated currently in-development project, Thief 4, is headed for the PlayStation 3.

The tweet, which has since been removed, left plenty of room for interpretation: "Oh man: http://www.thief4.com/." The link takes you to the rather empty web page Eidos has created for the game, where there are no further signs Thief 4 will, in fact, make its PlayStation debut.

Developer Eidos Montreal has offered next to nothing in the way of information about Thief 4, and neither confirmed nor denied the game would be a multi-platform title.

"I have no idea where that came from," Eidos Community Manager Rene posted in the Thief 4 forum. "We're not talking about Thief 4 at all right now. Weird."

The first two Thief games were PC exclusives, but the third game, Thief: Deadly Shadows, was also released on the original Xbox in 2004. To date, the developer has only confirmed Thief 4 is in development without providing further details.

Sharkey says: Thief: Deadly Shadows was a much better game on the PC than the Xbox. Not that that's a big surprise. There's little doubt Thief 4 will be a multiplatform title, though, so here's to hoping the developers help console gamers understand what a great franchise Thief is. Eidos officially announced the game a year ago last month, so there's a chance we'll get an update at E3.